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Verse Romans 1:6. _YE ARE THE CALLED_] Ye Romans are all _invited_ to
believe in Christ Jesus, for the salvation of your souls; and to you,
with the rest, my apostolical mission extends. This appears...
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AMONG WHOM - That is, among the Gentiles who had become obedient to
the Christian faith in accordance with the design of the gospel,
Romans 1:8. This proves that the church at Rome was made up partly...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. DOCTRINAL. THE SALVATION OF GOD. Chapter 1-8.
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. The Apostle and the Gospel of God. (Romans 1:1 .)_
2. The Greeting. (Romans 1:7 .)
3. The Apostle's Prayer...
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THE ADDRESS is elaborate, for Paul is introducing himself to a strange
community; and stately, as befits Christ's ambassador approaching the
imperial city.
Romans 1:1 f., Romans 1:5 f. He is an apostl...
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This is a letter from Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ, called to be an
apostle, set apart to serve the good news of God. This good news God
promised long ago, through his prophets, in the sacred writing...
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A CALL, A GOSPEL AND A TASK (Romans 1:1-7)...
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THE CALLED. Compare 1 Corinthians 1:24....
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_the called of Jesus Christ_ JESUS CHRIST'S CALLED ONES; called, and
as such belonging to Him. The "call" here referred to, as almost
always in the Epistles, is _the effectual call of Divine grace;_mo...
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ἘΝ ΟἿΣ Κ.Τ.Λ. A hint of the reason of his writing to them.
Cf. Romans 1:13.
ΚΑῚ ὙΜΕΙ͂Σ. Throughout the Epistle S. Paul primarily
considers Gentile Christians.
ΚΛΗΤΟῚ Ἰ. ΧΡ. Called to belong to Jesus...
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A. Romans 1:1-17. INTRODUCTION. ADDRESS 1–7. OCCASION 8–15.
SUBJECT 16–17.
1–7. Address. The writer’s (_a_) name and state, (_b_) office,
(_c_) commission defined by a statement of (i) the Person from...
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THE CALLED OF JESUS CHRIST, &C.— _Called of Jesus Christ,—called
to be saints,_—are but different expressions for professors of
Christianity. Any nation or people is _called_ or _invited_ of Jesus
Chr...
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_RETHINKING IN OUTLINE FORM_
PART ONE
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENTS, Romans 1:1-15
I.
Salutation. Romans 1:1-7
1.
The Author. Romans 1:1
2.
The Gospel in Review....
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PART ONE
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENTS, Romans 1:1-15
SALUTATION, Romans 1:1-7
_Text_
Romans 1:1-7. Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be anapostle,
separated unto the gospel of God,...
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Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
AMONG WHOM ARE YE ALSO - but only along with others; for the apostle
ascribes nothing special to the church of Rome (as Bengel observes,
referrin...
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1 Paul dates his apostleship from the commission he received at
Antioch (Act_13:2) when he was severed from the rest to preach the
evangel of God to the nations. Hitherto only Jews and proselytes like...
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1:6 called (a-7) 'Called ones of Jesus Christ' is what they are....
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THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL AND THE NEED OF THE WORLD. THE GUILT OF THE
HEATHEN
In his salutation the apostle emphasises his commission, and the
greatness of the Person whose servant he is and who is the...
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PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS
ROMANS
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_
ABOUT PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS
ABOUT THE FIRST CHRISTIANS IN ROME
Rome was the most important city in the world at the tim...
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AMONG WHOM ARE YE ALSO. — It is, perhaps, best not to put a comma at
“also.” Among these Gentile churches, to which I am specially
commissioned, you Romans too are called to the same obedience of
fait...
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(1-7) In writing to the Romans, a Church to which he was personally
unknown, and which might be supposed, so far as it was Jewish, to be
prejudiced against him, the Apostle delivers with somewhat more...
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CHAPTER 2
THE WRITER AND HIS READERS
Romans 1:1
PAUL, a bondservant of Jesus Christ. So the man opens his Lord's
message with his own name. We may, if we please, leave it and pass on,
for to the let...
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The usual salutation of the Apostle is expanded, as is natural in
writing to persons whom he has not seen, into a description both of
himself and of his Gospel. Both, so to speak, need a fuller
introd...
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The Romans, as well as others, are included among the Gentiles, and
described as Jesus Christ's called. They belong to Him, because they
have heard and obeyed the Gospel. “Calling” in Paul always
incl...
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THE APOSTLE'S BURNING DESIRE
Romans 1:1
Upon the threshold of his greatest Epistle, Paul describes himself as
a bond-servant. Such humility as his qualified him to be the medium of
God's wondrous rev...
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Bringing the first and seventh verses together, we find the called
apostle writing to the called saints.
As for himself, Paul declared, first, that he was debtor, because a
gift had been bestowed on...
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Among whom are ye also the (n) called of Jesus Christ:
(n) Who through God's goodness belong to Christ....
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FIRST PASSAGE (1:1-7). THE ADDRESS.
The form of address usual among the ancients contained three terms:
“N. to N. _greeting._ ” Comp. Acts 23:26: “Claudius Lysias unto
the most excellent governor Feli...
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PREFACE. 1:1-15.
THE framework of the Epistle to the Romans is, as we have seen, the
same as that of the most of Paul's other Epistles: 1. An epistolary
preface; 2. The body of the letter; 3. An epis...
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“ _By whom we have received grace and apostleship, with a view to
the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles, for the glory of His
name: among whom are ye, also, the called of Jesus Christ._ ” The...
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VV. 6 may be construed in two ways: either the κλητοὶ ᾿Ι.
Χ. may be taken as a predicate: “in the midst of whom (Gentiles)
_ye are the called of Jesus Christ_,” or the last words may be taken
in appos...
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Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called an apostle, separated unto the
gospel of God, (2) (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the
Holy Scriptures), (3) Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our...
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The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written
gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of
the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
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There is no epistle in which the apostle places his apostleship on
more positive and formal ground than in this; for at Rome he had no
claim in virtue of his labours. He had never seen the Romans. He...
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AMONG WHOM ARE YE ALSO,.... The Romans, though they were the chief,
were among the nations of the world to whom the apostles were sent;
and since Paul was called to be an apostle, and had, as others,...
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Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
Ver. 6. _Ye are the called_] With a high and heavenly calling,Hebrews
3:1. _See Trapp on "_ Heb 3:1 _"_...
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_Concerning his Son Jesus Christ_ The gospel is good news from God,
concerning the coming of his Son to save the world. The Son of God,
therefore, is the subject of the gospel, as well as its author:...
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AMONG WHOM ARE YE ALSO THE CALLED OF JESUS CHRIST:...
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SALUTATION OF THE LETTER....
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The salutation (unusually long) occupies seven verses, - laying down
distinctly, as it does, the complete foundation of that Gospel of
which Paul was a messenger - thus introducing him with the Gospel...
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ROMANS 1:1-17
1. How did Paul gain the ear of the Roman church?
a. How did Paul establish a common tie with the Jews at Rome?
i. Prophets
ii. Quote from Scripture
iii. Jesus was the seed of David...
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1-7 The doctrine of which the apostle Paul wrote, set forth the
fulfilment of the promises by the prophets. It spoke of the Son of
God, even Jesus the Saviour, the promised Messiah, who came from Dav...
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AMONG WHOM ARE YE ALSO; the Romans are in this number, and a part of
the nations to whom I have a commission, and for whom I have received
the grace of apostleship. He adds this, to show his warrant f...
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among whom are ye also, called to be Jesus Christ's :...
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Romans 1:6 among G1722 whom G3739 you G5210 also G2532 are G2075
(G5748) called G2822 Jesus G2424 Christ...
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THE GOOD NEWS OF GOD (1:2-6).
What that ‘Good News of God' was is now made clear, as is the fact
that it had been promised beforetime through God's prophets in the
Holy Scriptures. In other words Paul...
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‘Through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of
faith among all the nations, for his name's sake, among whom are you
also called to be Jesus Christ's.'
And, says Paul, it is through...
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Romans 1:6. AMONG WHOM ARE YE ALSO. To prepare for the address he says
that his mission for the glory of Christ's name is to them also; they
are included among those for whom he received his apostlesh...
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_ADDRESS AND GREETING_
The Apostle conforms to the usage of his time, beginning his letters
with his own name, followed by a designation of the persons addressed,
to which a greeting is added. But he...
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CALLED TO BE JESUS CHRIST'S
(κλητο Ιησου Χριστου). Predicate genitive after
κλητο (verbal adjective from καλεω, to call), though it is
possible to consider it the ablative case, "called of (or from...
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Romans 1:1. _Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle,
separated unto the gospel of God. (Which he had promised afore by his
prophets in the holy scriptures.)_
Paul had not seen the R...
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Romans 1:1. _Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle,
separated unto the gospel of God,_
Paul has many titles, and he delights to mention them in writing to
these Christians at Rome....
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CONTENTS: Words of comfort to the church at Rome. The universe a
revelation of the power and deity of God. The deplorable condition of
a lost world.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul.
CONCLUSION: God has...
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Romans 1:1. _Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ,_ in the sense he himself
illustrates to the Corinthians. Ye are not your own; ye are bought
with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your s...
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FROM PAUL, A SERVANT OF CHRIST JESUS. The custom in the first century
was for the writer to introduce himself at the beginning of a letter.
CHOSEN AND CALLED BY GOD. Paul makes this strong statement o...
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_Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ._
AUTHENTICATION AND SALUTATION
I. The apostle.
1. Paul was not the name by which he was always known, but was assumed
shortly after the commencement of his mission...
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_Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ._
THE CALLED OF JESUS CHRIST
This expression denotes--
1. That the change is wholly of the Lord, that it is the effect of His
own good pleasure, a...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 1:1 The Gospel as the Revelation of God’s
Righteousness. This first section includes Paul’s opening greeting
(vv. Romans 1:1), thanksgiving (vv....
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Romans 1:3. TO THE FLESH.—σάρξ denotes a living being in
distinction from the dead, which is κρέας. It denotes also body
as distinguished from mind (Stuart). OUR LORD.—Supreme Ruler...
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EXPOSITION
ROMANS 1:1
I. INTRODUCTORY.
ROMANS 1:1
A. _Salutation_ with long interposed parenthesis, suggested by "gospel
of God." The parenthesis, expressing thoughts of which the writer's
mind is...
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This time let us turn in our Bibles to Romans, chapter 1. Paul opens
his epistle to the Romans declaring:
Paul, a bond slave of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated
unto the gospel of God...
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1 Corinthians 1:9; 1 Peter 2:21; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 Thessalonians 2:12;...
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Ye also. As Romans among other Gentiles : not, called as I am called....
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THE GOSPEL OF GOD
Romans 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The opening statement of the first chapter of Romans gives us
sufficient basis for our introductory word. The statement reads thus:
"Paul, a SERVANT...
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Among whom — The nations brought to the obedience of faith. Are ye
also — But St. Paul gives them no preeminence above others....